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Peter Blute: “Tonight we are speaking about Ireland. Unfortunately, as we have heard tonight, Ireland today stands divided. It stands…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1994
Tonight we are speaking about Ireland. Unfortunately, as we have heard tonight, Ireland today stands divided. It stands divided at a time when the rest of the world seems to be moving together. The Iron Curtain has fallen, as has the Berlin Wall. Jews and Arabs in the Middle East are coming together, and whites and blacks in South Africa are moving toward peace and democracy, although as we have heard in recent weeks, there will be setbacks along the way. But even with the efforts for peace and reunification, these are turbulent times in Germany, in Eastern Europe, in Israel, and in South Africa. But it is also a time when there is new hope and thoughts of what can be and will be, rather than the dark thoughts of hopelessness. Peace is not easy. Reunification is not an easy way. But it is, in the end, the only way. Just a few short months ago prospects for peace in Ireland were not strong.
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Peter Blute
Republican · Massachusetts
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the divided state of Ireland and the prospects for peace during a floor speech.

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